SUPPORT oscar WEBER

[Pete]

Everyone has their opinions. I don't care if you're unhappy with the hire. Just saying my piece.

I'm not thrilled about it, but I don't have enough information to make the call right now.

go eff yourself, dumbass.

2007–08    Illinois    16–19    5–13    T–9th    
2008–09    Illinois    24–10    11–7    T–2nd    NCAA 1st Round
2009–10    Illinois    21–15    10–8    5th            NIT Quarterfinals
2010–11    Illinois    20–14    9–9    T–4th    NCAA 2nd Round
2011–12    Illinois    17–15    6–12    9th

I'm not sure why you're so angry that I don't agree with you. Have a great night!

You are supposed to say "have a great night, boys"

[Katpappy]

I will support oscar Weber if he brings in a badassmotherfucker recruiter.

THIS

Way to go Scoops, winning them over one goemawer at a time. 

[CHONGS]

I will support oscar Weber if he brings in a badassmotherfucker recruiter.

THIS

Way to go Scoops, winning them over one goemawer at a time. 

I said IF.  easy there

[Katpappy]

I will support oscar Weber if he brings in a badassmotherfucker recruiter.

THIS

Way to go Scoops, winning them over one goemawer at a time. 

I said IF.  easy there

Yes, but this is a fun thread to read.  Kind of like when we got OB back. 

[GoodForAnother]

i don't care if you agree, but you act like you don't have access to his history.  once self's players left, he sucked.

I dunno man. I hear what you're saying. I'm just waiting to see what happens with the staff, recruiting, and a season or two of watching us play under Weber before I melt down. Does that make sense?  Idk

[scoops callahan]

I will support oscar Weber if he brings in a badassmotherfucker recruiter.

THIS

Way to go Scoops, winning them over one goemawer at a time. 

 

[scoops callahan]

i don't care if you agree, but you act like you don't have access to his history.  once self's players left, he sucked.

I dunno man. I hear what you're saying. I'm just waiting to see what happens with the staff, recruiting, and a season or two of watching us play under Weber before I melt down. Does that make sense?  Idk

Perfect sense. I agree 100%

[Katpappy]

i don't care if you agree, but you act like you don't have access to his history.  once self's players left, he sucked.

I dunno man. I hear what you're saying. I'm just waiting to see what happens with the staff, recruiting, and a season or two of watching us play under Weber before I melt down. Does that make sense?  Idk

I dunno either, seems like Self been gone for nine years.  If the '10-'11 team when to NCAA, the only way those were Self left overs would have been because they were 5th yr seniors for about four times?

[CHONGS]

oscar Weber is a SLTH. 

[purplekrush117]

oscar Weber is a good man.  He's classy, he's honest to a fault, and he's a damn fine basketball mind.  He brought Illinois to their best performance ever.  He didn't suddenly forget how to coach. 

He was the victim of many unfortunate incidents with players getting into trouble off the court, the Eric Gordon fiasco, bad luck with injury after injury, and players that simply weren't as good as advertised or were lazy and didn't want to improve. 

He was also railroaded by legions of entitled spoiled fans that surrounded him with nothing but negativity the entire time he was there. 

And this mantra that he only won with Bill Self's recruits is hogwash.  First off, Self got worse every year he was at Illinois, and secondly he showed what a great coach he truly is with the 08-09 team that finished 2nd in the Big Ten after a losing season.  That team came out of nowhere, and had they not lost their best player to injury, they were primed to make some noise in the tourney.

You people should be grateful to have the brilliant coaching, the hard work ethic, and the clean and upstanding citizen heading up your team.  I am still attached to Weber, and I think he got a raw deal here at Illinois.

I now have a 1B team to the 1A of Illinois, I look forward to following oscar and your Wildcats!

[CNS]

Boom, currie outed.

[puniraptor]

oscar Weber is a good man.  He's classy, he's honest to a fault, and he's a damn fine basketball mind.  He brought Illinois to their best performance ever.  He didn't suddenly forget how to coach. 

He was the victim of many unfortunate incidents with players getting into trouble off the court, the Eric Gordon fiasco, bad luck with injury after injury, and players that simply weren't as good as advertised or were lazy and didn't want to improve. 

He was also railroaded by legions of entitled spoiled fans that surrounded him with nothing but negativity the entire time he was there. 

And this mantra that he only won with Bill Self's recruits is hogwash.  First off, Self got worse every year he was at Illinois, and secondly he showed what a great coach he truly is with the 08-09 team that finished 2nd in the Big Ten after a losing season.  That team came out of nowhere, and had they not lost their best player to injury, they were primed to make some noise in the tourney.

You people should be grateful to have the brilliant coaching, the hard work ethic, and the clean and upstanding citizen heading up your team.  I am still attached to Weber, and I think he got a raw deal here at Illinois.

I now have a 1B team to the 1A of Illinois, I look forward to following oscar and your Wildcats!

It would be nice if that weren't all made up.

[CHONGS]

yep its too bad all those forces conspired against him this year to cast a spell and make his recruiting shitty and lose 12 out of the last 13 games

[CNS]

My god, if we at any point lose 12 out of 13.....

I mean, did we even do that under wooly or asbury? 

[Barry McCockner]

i don't care if you agree, but you act like you don't have access to his history.  once self's players left, he sucked.

I dunno man. I hear what you're saying. I'm just waiting to see what happens with the staff, recruiting, and a season or two of watching us play under Weber before I melt down. Does that make sense?  Idk

No, it doesn't make sense.  It makes no sense to tolerate this for 1 second, much less 2 mother rough ridin' years.  WTF is wrong with you?

[puniraptor]

I admit it IS possible, if the following conditions are met, that I might come to accept oscar Weber as our coach but I will never NEVER NEVER forgive John Currie for this. It is embarrassing how much I hate him for doing this to us.

Unlikely Conditions that I accept oscar Weber:
1. we keep winning, win more, and are more successfuls (titles and stuff)
2. our players ACTUALLY accept him and play for him. and not just like him cause they can play gameboy and crap in practice now.
3. he recruits more good players and some awesome players.

I know I can talk tough now, but winning (unlikely) really does cure everything (except hate for John Currie).

[0.42]

i don't care if you agree, but you act like you don't have access to his history.  once self's players left, he sucked.

I dunno man. I hear what you're saying. I'm just waiting to see what happens with the staff, recruiting, and a season or two of watching us play under Weber before I melt down. Does that make sense?  Idk

Did you watch the press conference today? Honest question.

And if you answer incorrectly, I'm taking your position as admin on TMB

[Barry McCockner]

This eff interviewed for 4-5 positions in the last few weeks, yet had no rough ridin' idea who he might have on his staff?  Really?  I'm not saying everyone has to have OB level of planning and organization, but for eff sakes, this jackwagon doesn't even have a plan.  He seemed genuinely amazed that Currie was incompetent enough to hire him.  It was a rough ridin' "whirlwind".  If I'm an AD and you can't name 5 guys you can guarantee you can get on the staff that are impressive names, GTFO...particularly if you, yourself are a fuckstick of a coach.

[Panjandrum]

I will give Weber a chance, but I've got my own personal list of things I think he must do to prove to me that this wasn't a dumpster fire of a hire.

I mean, really, you have to give everyone a chance.  I think he "can" attain a lot of these things, but my gut says he won't.

First, retain the roster.  It "sounds" like that's going to happen, but I don't know.

Second, I want him to retain Underwood.  I think one of the things he said in the press conference was correct; we need a guy that gives us a lay of the land.  We need someone with a credible connection to our recruits and existing pipelines (for the most part).  I know the Miami stuff is going to dry up, but we've been making some inroads in Texas and in the east coast, so it would help to have someone who knows those people and who have shaken those hands.  On top of that, I have heard the name Chris Lowrey come up as one of his potential assistants.  Seems like a decent idea.  Also, I want a good recruiter. 

Third, I want him to get Upshaw back.  I don't care what Upshaw or his mom have said about re-opening his recruitment.  Go get him back.  Do that, and I'll be more open.

Fourth, I want him to secure a commitment from Semi Ojeleye.  He got a ton of four star kids from Illinois, so I don't think it's too much to ask for him to get us a four star kid that's not getting KU love if he's worth our job.

Fifth, I want a Top 25 recruiting class.  He's going to have some roster spots open and, hopefully, a shot at Semi.  We have a palace of a practice facility and direct flights to Dallas and Chicago (where he has all of these supposed ties).

Sixth, I want an appearance in the second weekend of the NCAA tournament after a top three finish in the conference.

[Andy]

the only way i'm supporting this is if the ultimate plan is to bring pearl in in 2 years.  but since thats so unlikely, i hate it. 

[Ezay31]

We have a bunch of damned retards around here.  If you blindy support this fucknut, Currie is going to view that as a green light to take the entire athletic department to crap one hire at a time.  When it's time to replace Snyder, if God forbid Currie is still here, he's not going to think twice and he'll hire the first person some old fart recommends.  If we are lucky enough to be rid of Weber, he'll do the same thing again with the next basketball hire.  He doesn't give a eff whether we win or lose, and unless the fans show him that it matters, that's not going to change.

I support K-State. Yeah it doesn't make sense, that's the point. If the guy sucks then I'll be calling for his head but I can't see the future.

The best way to support K-State is to let the administration know this bullshit won't be tolerated and make sure it doesn't happen again.  John Currie and oscar Webber are not K-State.

So let me get this straight? You are probably one of those guys that wanted a true K-Stater? Tim Jankovich or Steve Henson? First of all Jankovich was an okay coach in MVC for 4 years and Henson is very unproven. Yes I wanted Underwood to be the head coach, but we got a good coach in Weber who has won before. I just dont get all of the hate just give him a chance.

[ksupamplemousse]

I will support oscar Weber if he brings in a badassmotherfucker recruiter.

THIS

Way to go Scoops, winning them over one goemawer at a time. 

I said IF.  easy there

Yes, but this is a fun thread to read.  Kind of like when we got OB back. 

Exactly what I was thinking 

[Barry McCockner]

We have a bunch of damned retards around here.  If you blindy support this fucknut, Currie is going to view that as a green light to take the entire athletic department to crap one hire at a time.  When it's time to replace Snyder, if God forbid Currie is still here, he's not going to think twice and he'll hire the first person some old fart recommends.  If we are lucky enough to be rid of Weber, he'll do the same thing again with the next basketball hire.  He doesn't give a eff whether we win or lose, and unless the fans show him that it matters, that's not going to change.

I support K-State. Yeah it doesn't make sense, that's the point. If the guy sucks then I'll be calling for his head but I can't see the future.

The best way to support K-State is to let the administration know this bullshit won't be tolerated and make sure it doesn't happen again.  John Currie and oscar Webber are not K-State.

So let me get this straight? You are probably one of those guys that wanted a true K-Stater? Tim Jankovich or Steve Henson? First of all Jankovich was an okay coach in MVC for 4 years and Henson is very unproven. Yes I wanted Underwood to be the head coach, but we got a good coach in Weber who has won before. I just dont get all of the hate just give him a chance.

eff no I didn't want those guys...although after I heard we hired this fuckstick I would gladly trade for either of them.  There were several solid possibilities - Pastner, Gottlieb, Hurricane, etc.  Our resident bad person, Currie, never interviewed, and as far as we know never even contacted, any of them.  He *might* have interviewed Underwood, but we don't even know that.  And yes, I would take Underwood in a second over fuckface Weber.

[tuck34]

And this mantra that he only won with Bill Self's recruits is hogwash.  First off, Self got worse every year he was at Illinois, and secondly he showed what a great coach he truly is with the 08-09 team that finished 2nd in the Big Ten after a losing season.  That team came out of nowhere, and had they not lost their best player to injury, they were primed to make some noise in the tourney.

2000–2001 Illinois 27–8 13–3 T–1st NCAA Elite Eight
2001–2002 Illinois 26–9 11–5 T–1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002–2003 Illinois 25–7 11–5 2nd NCAA 2nd Round

did self win with his predecessors players and get out just in the nick of time?

[SoCal Illini]

Purplekrush is obviously one of the delusional Illini whiners from the Scout board.  Probably also known as either Peoriaman or Nova.  Please disregard.